Noun: abolitionism
| Singular | abolitionism |
| Plural | abolitionisms |
Sample Sentences
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Abolitionism is based on the moral conviction that social life should not and, in fact, cannot be regulated effectively by criminal law …. As a social movement committed to the abolition of the prison or even the entire penal system, abolitionism originated in campaigns for prisoners' rights and penal reform. [1991, Willem de Haan, "Abolitionism and Crime Control", in Kevin Martin Stenson, David Cowell, The Politics of Crime Control, SAGE, page 203]
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Abolitionism is still a powerful philosophy among contemporary feminists, both in the West and in the developing world. [2006, Melissa Hope Ditmore, Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 6:]
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ABOLITIONISM
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Prisons and jails have been condemned, at least by some, for as long as they have existed.[…] In the United States, the most profound statement of support for abolitionism is the document Instead of Prisons […] Abolitionism has also given emphasis to didferent strategies for change, ranging from simply abolishing prisons to abolishing the entire criminal justice apparatus, […] [2002, David Levinson, Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, SAGE, →ISBN, page 1:]
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Abolitionism is a term that refers to a particular ideological and legal approach to prostitution. The approach has its roots in 19th-century feminism and is still a potent force […] Thus abolitionism arose as a movement against the state regulation of prostitution. The leader of the abolitionist movement was Josephine Butler, […] [2006 January 1, Melissa Hope Ditmore, Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 4:]
Nouns inflected like abolitionism
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
3. Proto-Indo-European *-o
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
5. Proto-Italic *ap
6. Latin abder.
7. Latin ab-
8. Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁-
9. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
10. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
11. Proto-Indo-European *h₃olh₁-éye-ti
12. Proto-Italic *oleō
13. ?
14. Latin aboleō
15. Proto-Indo-European *-tis
16. Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
17. Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
18. Proto-Italic *-tiō
19. Latin -tiō
20. Latin abolitiōnemlbor.
21. Old French abolucion
22. Middle French abolitionbor.
23. English abolition
24. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
25. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
26. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
27. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
28. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
29. Proto-Indo-European *-mos
30. Proto-Indo-European *-mós
31. Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
32. Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
33. English -ism
34. English abolitionism
35. From abolition + -ism.
Verbs referencing "abolitionism"
Russian Nouns
аболиционизм, Finnish Nouns
abolitionismi, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
abolisjonisme.